And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.